Drinking In Your 'Hood: A Neighborhood Bar Guide
You're probably reading this and thinking: "The last thing Chicago needs is another bar guide." So why did we do it? Well, because every other guid...
You're probably reading this and thinking: "The last thing Chicago needs is another bar guide." So why did we do it? Well, because every other guid...
Posted 01.19.2012
Although winter has gotten off to a mild start in Chicago, we would be remiss to ignore, particularly with a cold spell right around the corner, the J...
Chicago Magazine | Posted 02.27.2012
According to a 2011 Gallup poll, 35 percent of American adults say they don't drink alcohol, yet most Chicago bars and restaurants that pride themselv...
Food & Wine | Posted 02.15.2012
From a lounge in a renovated Las Vegas wedding chapel to a 19th-century-style saloon, America's best bars celebrate the handmade, the historical and the locally sourced.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 11.19.2011
In the late 1960s now-legendary folk musician John Prine was living in Maywood, Illinois, and working as a mailman. At night he would venture out t...
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Ashley Henshaw
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Posted 11.15.2011
It’s that time again. Every Saturday and Sunday, many of us will be glued to the tube watching our favorite teams battle it out on the football fiel...
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Erin Chan Ding
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Posted 10.25.2011
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade -- with vodka. Or watermelon. Or cucumbers. Or San Pellegrino. Savor the rest of summer with lemonade, but y...
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Ashley Henshaw
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Posted 10.24.2011
Although Chicago has some amazing local breweries, residents who’ve come to the Windy City from other states may be a little homesick for their favo...
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Lauren Drell
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Posted 10.24.2011
If the last time you saw your library card was senior year of high school, then there’s a good chance it’s still tucked away in your "East of Eden...
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Erin Chan Ding
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Posted 10.11.2011
When trying to decide where to go for drinks, we figured we would quiz a guy who helped create a half dozen flavor-tripping cocktails, such as a skinn...
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Erin Chan Ding
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Posted 10.01.2011
Gazing at the Blueberry cocktail at The Aviary in Chicago's West Loop is like staring out of a submarine into a mesmerizing reef of fruit and flora. S...
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Lauren Drell
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Posted 01.30.2012
Who: Pete Wentz, a Wilmette native best known as the bassist/lyricist of Fall Out Boy, is now in electro-pop band Black Cards with singer Bebe Rexha. ...
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Ashley Henshaw
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Posted 09.21.2011
Whether it’s cocktails, straight liquor, wine or (most likely) beer, we Chicagoans love to throw a few back now and again. What makes it even better...
Posted 09.10.2011
With its reliance on facial detection software and discreet cameras keeping a watchful eye on the front door of various nightlife hotspots, SceneTap i...
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Lauren Drell
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Posted 09.09.2011
Chicagoans are devoutly loyal to their favorite Sunday brunches, and will often wait in long lines just to ease their hangovers with a plate of eggs b...
Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 09.05.2011
Chicago's outdoor patios and rooftop gardens would be free to stay open until midnight, under a seasonal test advanced by the City Council Wednesday t...
Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 08.30.2011
Patrons of the 70 outdoor patios and rooftop gardens in downtown Chicago would be free to indulge until the witching hour, under a pilot program advan...
The Daily Meal | Posted 09.16.2011
Bars are wonderful institutions, part watering-hole, part social hub, part cultural phenomenon -- places where people go when they want to be out ...
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Ashley Henshaw
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Posted 08.10.2011
Chicago neighborhoods are filled with bars touting sidewalk patios and rooftop lounges as “beer gardens,” but few spots live up to the name. A tr...
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Ashley Henshaw
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Posted 07.30.2011
Logan Square has changed a lot in recent years. It seems that a new bar or restaurant pops up weekly, and the swelling young population in the area is...
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Lauren Drell
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Posted 07.28.2011
After stumbling upon her grandmother's vintage cocktail accessory known as the Bar Aid, Chicago mixologist Logan Lavachek got an idea. Lavachek, w...
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Ashley Henshaw
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Posted 07.23.2011
We’re slowly but surely making our way through Chicago’s outdoor drinking scene. We’ve already introduced you to the Edgewater eateries offering...
NBC Chicago | Posted 07.04.2011
A local Chicago bar apologized, Wednesday for a party they had planned to celebrate the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Uncle Fatty's Rum Resort receiv...
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Ashley Henshaw
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Posted 07.03.2011
All Month The Art Institute's beloved "Free Thursday Evenings" end on May 26. Stop by between 5 pm and 8 pm any Thursday this month to see this mus...
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Ashley Henshaw
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Posted 06.21.2011
As the weather (sort of) warms up, we can't help but think about sipping a delicious cocktail outdoors. These local spots have come up with new cockta...
Chicago Reader | Mike Sula | Posted 05.15.2012